Is Dave's Killer Bread English Muffin ultra-processed?

English muffins Sold in the United States

Yes, it's ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

Flavouring
Gluten

25 ingredients
1 additive
Nutri-Score C

Less processed english muffins

Less processed isn't automatically healthier, so compare the labels for what matters to you, such as sugar or salt.

Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

Water, wheat flour, whole wheat flour, whole wheat meal, grain blend (barley flour, rye flour, spelt flour, millet flour, quinoa flour), contains 2% and less of each of the following (yeast), cane sugar (processing marker), wheat gluten (ultra-processing marker), sea salt (processing marker), malted barley extract, vinegar, canola oil, citric acid, ascorbic acid, wheat flour (wheat flour, vinegar, natural flavor (ultra-processing marker)), enzymes

Additives: E330 Citric acid

As written on the pack

Water, organic wheat flour, organic whole wheat flour, organic whole wheat meal, organic grain blend (organic barley flour, organic rye flour, organic spelt flour, organic millet flour, organic quinoa flour), contains 2% or less of each of the following: yeast, organic cane sugar, organic wheat gluten, sea salt, organic malted barley extract, organic vinegar, organic expeller pressed canola oil, citric acid, ascorbic acid, organic cultured wheat flour (organic wheat flour, organic vinegar, natural flavor), enzymes.

What makes it ultra-processed

Cosmetic additives

Added to change how the food looks, feels or tastes, not to keep it safe. A hallmark of ultra-processed food.

Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.

Substances rarely used in home kitchens

Refined or extracted in factories, such as syrups made from starch or isolated proteins. The other hallmark of ultra-processed food.

Gluten Wheat gluten, sold as "vital wheat gluten", is the protein washed out of wheat flour.

2 ingredients that would only make it processed

Kitchen staples like sugar, salt and oil. On their own they make a food processed, not ultra-processed.

Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 31 english muffins

From least to most processed, this one ranks 18th. 90% of the english muffins here are ultra-processed.

Ranked by NOVA group, then by the number of ultra-processing signs, additives and ingredients. Our ordering, not part of NOVA.

All 31 english muffins, least processed first

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0013764028135, last edited 5 July 2026), available under the Open Database License. If something is wrong or the recipe has changed, you can correct it there.
Photo: Open Food Facts contributors, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The NOVA group is an automated estimate from crowdsourced data: a missing or mistyped ingredient can change it.
NOVA measures processing, not nutrition. For nutrition, Open Food Facts gives this product a Nutri-Score of C (from A, best, to E).
General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.